The Russellville Democrat., 1887-03-30
News Condensations.

The Massachusetts House defeat
ed the woman suffrage resolution.
Elk Governor Moses, Of South Car
olina, is dying in PRISON in Massa-
ehuseLts.
The greater portion of ex Secreta-
ny Manning's vacation will he passed
in sunny France.
The name Of Consul General
Walker is whispered IN connection
with the vacant Turkish mission.
Henry w ard Beecher carried $780,
600 of insurance policies on his life,
which was hequeathed to his life.
James G. Blame says he has been
working harder in the last two
months than ever before in his by
no means idle life.
Asphalt is stated to have been
discovered in Morgan county, Ala.
1t is said to be the only large de-
posit in the United States.
1t is stated that the widow Of
President Polk keeps all her hus-
bands private effects in his old office
at Nashville, quite undisturbed.
Fred Grants physical resemblance
to his father increases with his years.
He is SAID to resemble his father, al
so, IN his fondness for smoking.
Thirty graduates of the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania re
celved diplomas, March II, at the
thirty first annual commencement Of
that institution.
1t is said that about 200 baby boys
have already been named after the
president, and probably one half
that number of girls bear Mrs.
Cleveland's given name.
The Stately expedition for the re-
lief of Emin Bey has arrived at Sim
onstown. Cape of Good Hope. The
expedition will take supplies, await
ing 1t at Simonstown, and go its
journey.
The Rev. Sylvanus Stall, Of Ian
caster, Pa, editor of The Lutheran
Year Book, is organizing a party to
make ten weeks, bicycle tour
through Norway and Sweden this
year, setting out about the first of
June.
Recent estimates place the total
amount paid by the United States in
soldiers pensions since the close Of
the rebellion at $S6S,000,000. Ours
is great country-greatin resource
and in ability, and abouta generous
as tits great.
H. S. Garfield, a reporter of the
San Antonio, Tex, Express, was
committed to Jail for As hours by a
vote of the Texas Legislature because
he had criticised the body and secur
ed the arrest of the sergeant at arms
for excluding him from the press
gallery.
The design of the fountain given
by G. W. Chllds, Esq, Of Philadel-
phia, as a jubilee gift in honor of
Queen Victoria, to be located al
Stratford on Avon, has been finished
by Mr. Cossini, of Birmingham, at
the estimated cost of five thousand
dollars.
William j. Haynes of st. Louis,
who will be one hundred years old
If he lives until December next was
on the staff of Gen. Jackson at the
battle of new Orleans, was engineer
of the first steamboat that arrived at
st. Louis from the South land ran the
first locomotive that ever left ST.
Louis for the West.
1t is said that the prohibitionists
are making arrangements to have Sam
Jones and Sam Small canvass the
State of Tennessee during the com
ing summer in the interest of pro-
hibition. The contest is likely to be
OF most exciting character, and In
tense enough to relieve the mon
otony of the "off year in State pol
ltics.
At the cabinet meetings Villas and
Whitney are the takers. Lamar is
generally very quiet, but wakes up
occasionally and scores good point.
Bavard talks a good deal at long in
teryals. Fairchild, who now occn-
pies Manning's seat at the table, is
essentially judicial IN his manner.
He is good listener, a laconic talk
or, and is said to be as combatiye as
John L. Sullivan when fully reused.
While boring well at Payette
VILE In 1878, Col j. II. Van Hoose
strack vein of natural gas l45 feet
below the surface. A lighted match
being applied to it, 1t burned nicely,
being diflicult to extinguish. Van
Hoose, fearing it might injure has
property, and having no use for that
Kind Of gas had the drill hole plug
ged up and it has since remained so
until last week, when as a company
had been organized to prospect for
natural gas, the well was again open
ed and tested in the presence OF a
representative Of the Scientific
American. When the escaping gas
was lighted the flame arose about
four feet above the surface and burn,
ed until 1t was smothered out. 1t is
the general opinion that gas will be
found there in great abundance.